Massachusetts COVID-19 hospitalizations, 3 day death rate, and 7 day positive test rate drop in Friday report

Massachusetts saw a decrease in hospitalizations in Friday’s COVID-19 report.

Massachusetts has seen 320 more positive cases announced in the last 24 hours. An increase from the previous 24 hour period. The 7 day weighted average positive test rate has dropped to 1.9% from 2.1%.

Recent positive test rates, in addition to some residents not following protocols, led Governor Baker today to indefinitely postpone step 2 of phase three and reduce the size of outdoor gatherings.

The Massachusetts Department of Health statistics show a rise in total cases to 111,853 with 18 more reported dead for a total of 8,488.

Massachusetts had seen 162 more positive cases in the previous 24 hour period.

14,740 tests were performed, almost 3,200 more than yesterday, to increase the overall total to 1,676,170. The amount of individuals tested is now 1,277,617.

Hospitalizations have decreased in 70 of the last 89 days, and saw a decrease of 13 today to see the total drop to 390.
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Nursing home cases and cases by City and Town as of August 5th.
Weekly COVID-19 Public Health Report

Massachusetts residents subject to COVID-19 quarantine by current status up to August 5th
• Total of individuals subject to quarantine: 75,771
• Total of individuals who have completed monitoring (no longer in quarantine): 72,919
• Total of individuals currently undergoing monitoring/under quarantine: 2,852

According to the CDC, as of August 6th, the total amount of COVID-19 cases in the country is 4,802,491 with 157,631 dead.

Courtesy of the CDC